Idioms for Testing Ideas

Discover idioms to express testing ideas before full launch with this helpful video.

Before launching a new idea or project, it's often wise to test it on a small scale. In English, there are useful idioms for this purpose.

In this video, we introduce 2 idioms for testing ideas.

• Send up a trial balloon: To test an idea, project, or product to see how people respond to it before a full-scale launch. Example: 'The idea seemed excellent, but when they sent up a trial balloon, the reaction was very negative'.
• Test the waters: To attempt to gauge the reaction or result of an idea before launching it completely to its target audience. Example: 'I'm going to test the waters first to see how they feel about renewable energy before I give them my sales pitch'.

Using these idioms can make your English more fluent and help you communicate the concept of testing ideas effectively. Watch the video to learn more and practice using these idioms in your conversations!